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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-20
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-20
SOUIBS.

OF late they have chimness invented
Which all of their own smoke consume;
Now a music-consuming piano
Is needed to help out the boom.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
The President and the surplus.

The President, in his message to Congress, seems anxious to provide a way for the disposal of the treasury surplus. He does not state 1t m just so many words, but his schema for the reduction of the tariff is a most effect ual method of handing the treasury surplus over to England. The Eng fish journals are highly delighted over the proposition, and will no doubt ap- plaud the President as statesman after their own hearts. It does seem strange that we have a man for President who Is so un-American in all his acts. The tariff and the silver question in his hands are handled Tn true English style; but the idea of dumping the treasury surplus into the lap of England is one that the Ameri- can people will not endorse when they come to understand the little scheme. Silver Dollar.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
Diamonds fin NeteOrIc stones.

In a Russian paper appears a pre- lminary report of the examlnation by Latschinof and Jerofeif, Professors of Mineralogy and Chemistry, respective ly, of meteoric stone weighing four pounds, which fell in the district of Krasnoslobodsk, government of Penza, Russia, on September 4th, 1886. In the insoluble residue, small corpuscles showing traces of polarization were observed; they are harder than corun- dun, and have density and other char acters of the diamond. The corpus eles are said to amount to l per cent. of the meteoric stone. Carben Tn its amorphous graphite form has been long known as constituent of mete- oric irons and stones5 lately, small but weli-defned crystals of graphite car bon, haYIng forms often presented by the diamond, were described in our columns as having been found in a meteoric iron from Western Australia. If this supplementary discovery be confirmed, says Nature, Eve may at last be placed on the track of the erti- fcial production of precious stones"
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Gray wolves are very troublesome on the range this winter and display an audacity never equalled before. Their sizs and strength enables them to pull down animals as large as a two-year-oId and they appear to be very select in their tastes, making but one meal from victim, leaving the balance for the coyotes. They evi- dently scent poison when set out, as they give it wide berth, although coyotes are easily caught by a bait They are getting bolder than usual, refusing to retreat from the presence of man. The other day one contested the right to remain with Gus Graw, north of Hudnall'S ranchi and as Gus was unarmed he retreated' to the ranch, returned and killed his wolfship, Something will have to be devised to rid the prairie of thls scourge or great loss will result to stockmen and others from his ravages.-Las Animas (Colo.) Leader.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The delegates of the Scotch Home Rule Union, who have been making tour of Ireland, have returned to Glasgow, and report that the Irish people are eager for peace, that their demands are moderate, and that the National League is the chief agency for the maintenance of law and order. They say they are convinced that the Irish are home-rulers. and not sepa- ratists. No one in Ireland fears reli- gious persecution. The delegates de- clare that the measures taken by the present English Government are in effective; and irritate the mass of the Irish nation.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Our opinion of standing adver- tisement in a newspaper is that 1t commands confidence. The man who for years resides in community and lives respectable life, even though he be of moderate ability, will grow in the confdence of his fellows. On the same terms the newspaper advertise ment becomes familiar to the eyes of the reader. It may seldom be careful ly read, still it makes the name and business of the man familiar with everybody, and its continued presence in the columns of the paper inspires confidence in the stability of the ad vertiser.-Ex.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Something entirely new in the way of trial by jury occurred in Fl Paso on the 18th. A case involving the title to about S40,0CO worth of real estate had been pending in the district court about two weeks and was submitted to the jury on the 18th. It was enti- tied George Rand versus William Fewell and others. The jury stood for day and a half eleven for the plaintiff and one for defendant, when at last they began fighting and break ing chairs and tables over each others heads, not the one refractory juror, but the eleven among themselves. The sheriff heard a tremendous uproar in the jury room, and rushing in saw a general fracd5, which for time they defed him to stop. He went of to hdnt up the judge for instruction in the puzzllng predicament, but when he returned the bslligerent jurors had quieted down and agreed on a unani- nous verdict for the plaintiff Silver City Enterprise.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
A Domination Commission.
rAlta California.l

The Secretary of the Interior rec ommends Legislation upon the subject of land titles in New Mexico and Ari- zona claimed under Spanish and Mex ican grants. These titles were adjust ed in California long ago by a delimi- tatlon commission and the courts, and much trouble will be saved by the adoption of similar means in the Ter ritories, where there is a profitable field for all sorts of schemes backed by fraudulent grants to grab lands,
 The shadow of a questionable title IS not good for a new country that must attract settlers and investors, and this shadow must lie'upon all ter rltory acquired from Mexico to which the grant-system had been extended before the treaty of Guadalupe-Hi- dalgo.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

A New York dispatch of the 22nd says: Excitement was caused on the Metal Exchange to-day by the advance of G1 7s. 6d. III the London price of copper. Brokers have become accus- toned to daily increase of a few shillings per ton in the European price in vlew of the French syndicates cor ner Tn the commodity, but the sudden jump over last nights closing, how ever, took them by surprise. The New York market at once responded to European quotations and advanced 2 cents per pound. Spot Lake lngot copper cannot be bought for less than from IS to 109 cents.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Work on the artesian well at Raton has been abandoned at 3 depth of 1870 feet. There is plenty of water in the well but It will have to be pumped. The item which went the rounds of the newspapers some days ago that the well was flowing under a pre5snre of 700 pounds to the inch is untrue and the probability IS that the We'll will be sunk no deeper. So far as known artesian water has been ob- tained in but one instance in this ter fit0ry and that is on the Argo Mining company's property near this city, Silver City (N. M.) Sentinel.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
It Frequently Happens.
[From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Two ladles met on Woodwards avenue. They intended to pass, as they were strangers to each other, but they didn't, for the reason that they both stepped to the same side of the walk.
 Excuse me, said one.
 Beg pardon" sad the other.
 Then they both turned to the other side and again collided.
 Every awkward" muttered one, growing red.
 Don't mention it" responded the other politely.
 Then they chassayed to the right, and balanced partners, two forward and back again-and they would have been there yet, if a woman hadn't broken the spell by moving them down with baby cab and giving them turn in another direction.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Judging from the numerous local mention in Arizona papers of beef shipments hence to San Diego, Cali fornia, that point IS rapidly coming to the front as a consuming center. Not less than ten thousand cattle have been shipped this fall and so far into the winter, if the local reports may be credited. This IS a new outlet for Arizona and the question is pertinent as to how the Southern California ranchmen are being affected? The supply formerly came from thelr ranches. Is it possible that the great emigration to the southern Pacific coast is eating all of this extra quantl- ty of beef?-Northwestern Live Stock Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The marvellous influence of Darwin over this age is not only not on the wane, but is on the increase. No book has made such a rush in the market as the recently published Life of Dar- win" by his son. The edition, a large one, is exhausted before leaving the binders. The Duke of Argyle is out with timely warning agalnst id0la- try. The Duke IS quite sure, that Darwin is yet to be dethroned, and evolution as a theory of life put an end to. He affIrfEs that at present any discovery that goes to contfoyart Darwin is actually suppressed by Eng fish scientists. All which we conf dently believe is bosh; and for thlS good reason, that the avenues to the public are so many that any man, of any value whatever, can somewhere get hearing. The American public are more thoroughly converted to evo- lution than the British, but the anti evolutionist finds two-thirds of the re- liglous journals open to him, as well as the monthlies and dailies; while Che publishing houses generally issue e7o- lution and anti-evolution in conseCu- tive volumes. Globe Democrat
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
Gold in the Sea.

From the Astoria (Ore) Pioneer.1
 Che of the vessels which arrived in this week has bar of iron on board which weighs or 6 pounds, which was lowed astern five or six weeks at sea as an experiment to test the state ment that gold exists in sea water. The bar @as cleaned and polished when It was placed in the wake of the vessel, but when taken on board it was literally covered with a film of silver, copper and gold precipitated on it. This is fact corroborated by scienti- fic investigation. Late research has shown that gold exists in appreciable quantities in the waters of the ocean. A ton of sea water yields by simple process a grain of gold, so that the total quantity held in solution must be vastly greater than all the gold ever yet extracted from the earth. Copper and silver are, however, found in the sea in larger quantities than gold. Silver is found Tn combination with the old and worn copperings of ships to such an extent as to make 1t worth whIle to extract it. It has been computed from some analysis of such copper, compared with the total dis tance run through by the ship and the time of its remaining attached, that at least 100000 tons of silver are thus held in solution in the whole Ocean
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
The World to End Next March.
Dispatch to the Globe,DemOcrat.l


 Just without the city limits of Long Branch, N. J., is a class of people be- longing to the Advent Church. The great fexibility of their behef has been a source of wonder to the people here. They have now appointed March 31, 1888, as the day for winding up the affairs of this world and their transla- tion into another. Notwithstanding the importance of this matter they are tranquilly following thelr business without apparent anxiety. Some of the wealthy are greatly interested in real estate speculations aaS improve ment. Others are building elaborate houses. All this is quite the reverse of the condition of affairs some five years ago, when many sold or gave away their property and prepared for their heavenly flight, which they as- serted would shortly occur. Indeed, the Advent guide or preacher, Esek Wolcott, infatuated with his idea, gave away everything he owned, and one day, robed in his night dress, stood on the roof of his house, expect ing immediate translation. When tLe happy moment appeared to come he jumped, but landed not Tn glory, but in the grape arbor. Since then the Adventlsts have been less demons trative in their beliefsSssAside from their religion they are an intelligent and prosperous people.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Senator Reagan and Representative Clardy will introduce simultaneously a bill investing the Secretary of the Treasury with practically absolute powers over the subject of immigra- tion, including the right to require bonds from all steamship companies that they will not bring indigent or diseased persons to this country. The measure IS a much more radical one than that introduced by Senator Nor rill, and will be of great importance Tn protecting the American people against the European policy of bur dening our Government with all the pauperS, invalids and criminals on the other side of the Atlantic.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

In country court near London re- gently there was a trial to determine the ownership of a dog. The Judge couldn't make out from the evidence which claimant was the real owner, SO he made one stand on each side, while an officer held the dog in the middle of the room. Then he told them both to whistle and the officer to release the dog at the same moment. When this was done the dog boiled through the open door. "Catl the next caase,"' was all the comment the Judge made, al- though the litigants stormed.-Liver- pool Courier.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Within 90 days 30 stamps will be steadily poahding away night and day on gold rock in the Pinos Altos dis trlct. This certainly looks very en- couraging and if the development in the camp goes on for another year as It has done in the past, Pinos Altos will be the largest producing gold camp in the territory-Silver City (N. MI Sentinel.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The revolutionary war cost the Uni ted States S135,1937O3; the war of 1872 cost $1O7,159,OO3; the Mexican war S1OO,OOO,OOO, and the war of the rebellion $6, ,189, ,929,9OO. In the revo- lutionary var the colonies furnished 365,O64 troops; those engaged in the war of 1872 numbered 471,622; the Mexican war employed 101,2 ,282, and the federal forces in the late war were 2,859,132.-Las Vegas Optic.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

A Western lady has written the Civil Service Commission for a posi- tion that somebody ought to fill. She. proposes, for a moderate salary, to teach Congressmen how to debate, Her plan IS a good one. In the first place, when these crude statesmen go. so far as to compose a speech they are to submit the manuscript to the lady elocutionistS, who will thereupon cor rect the grammar and punctuate 1t, and then teach the able Congressmen how to spout it. We trust the lady will be given the position. Our Con- gressmen need correction every day of their talented lives. They should be rounded up" and taught in a lump, so that they could use words as. big as those that are employed in the German Reichstag, and give vent to gestures sufficiently large to keep the flies off the ceiling. Our Congress men are eloquent enough when it comes to mere eloquence, but they lack the merit of grammar and punct- uation. What they need is a huge wooden tfiphammer which shall fall at the proper moment so as to admon- ish them when they have arrived at . perlod Atlanta Constitntion
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Prof. Newberry, who has made a speciality of the gold and silver pro- duction of the United States, believes that such production has already passed its maximum. He has passed a part of nearly every suntiier for thir- ty years in the mines of the West, and is good authority. The present an nual production is about S80,000.OOO. The annual product of Europe is about the same. There IS no rich deposit of gold in Mexico, and all stories to the contfary are pure fabrications for speculative purposes. The mountains of the Northwest contain probably a good deal of undiscovered deposits, from winch may be expected a large supply for many years. South Amer ica has great deal of silver along its western provinces, but little goI5 Silver production, for some years to come, is likely reach an annual of for ty or fifty millions, mostly from our own country.-Glo6e- Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
Action Tn the Senate on the leading

Action Tn the Senate on the leading nominations will probably 50 oyer until after the holidays. The delay in the Lamar case is cusable, but that in connection with the other nominations Is unfortunat5. Three Cabinet officers hold their positions on titles winch are still to be ratified by the confirming body. The postpone ment of action in the Lamar matter ought not to have prevented the con- frm1ng of Fairchlld, Villas and Dick inson before this time.-Glo3s-Demo- crat.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The signal service report at Fort Bayard shows the present to be the severest and longest, spell of cloudy cold weather experienced in ten years: Thursday morning the mercury went to 3 degrees below zero, the second time in teh years that it has hseh low zero. Last winter the lowest was about IS or 20 degrees above.-Silver City (N. M) Enterprise.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Active campaigning in the winter months Is impossible in Russia, or in the neighborhood Of the Balkan States. If the present month were May or June instead of December, war might confidently be expected to break out at any time. Although the political horizon ln Eastern Europe just now is unusually dark, the stcrn can hardly burst forth before spring at tie ear E6<f
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

A person intimately connected with the Anarchist case places the total of the amount already paid out on be- half of tie defense at S33,54O. It is said that the fees for New York cOun- sel have not yet been paid. This to- gether with what wlll be paid to Capt. Black and MT. Solomon for work done since the.last payment, will make a grand total of not less than $40,0O0. &n itlmized bill of expenses of the prosecution foots up $28,OO0.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

St. Joseph, Missouri, has just com. pleted and opened for business, at an expense of over $1,OOO,OOO, stock yards which cover 40 acres. This will di- vide the cattle and hog trade with Omaha.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Henry George has decided not to be a candidate fer the presidency next year, and not to put the United Labor party into the campaign. On the con- trary he comes out fully on the side of free trade, as one of the elements of the Labor party's cause, and says that if either of the leading parties comes out in favor of high tariff, the Labor party must unite itself with the other.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

It IS stated as fact that on its jour ney from New York to Chicago the safety of fast express train IS at one time or another confded to the hands of over 800 different persons.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The report of MT. Endicott, Secre- tary of War, shows that on tue entire Atlantic and Gulf coast lne of 2,87O miles, and the northern frontier of 2,53O miles, the only armament is 142 riAed guns, of which 1l6 are obsolete and of very low power
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Saurkraut is dangerous explosive and if cask of the stuff is sealed when too fresh there is sure to be trouble. A cask of gunpowder is hardly more dsngerous than a tightly corked bar rel of saurkrauk
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

The most northern city in the world is Hammerfest, Norway. There at certain periods of the year you can see the sun at midnight, and it is the place where the only grass that grows Is found on housetops. r
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Fifty-nine survivors of Balaklava attended the annual dinner in London a few days ago on the thirty-third an- niversary of the charge.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Bismarck, Gladstone, Luther, Isaac Newton, George Washington and General Scott were all born on Friday.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Distance from Globe to the railroad at Wilcox, otel WoOds and Norton & Stewards lines (route for Eastern passengers s.).................-.123 miles From Globe to Casa Grande, crossing the Devils Can you and touching at Pinal and Florence. 90 miles Fran Globe to Casa Grande via Pioneer . 90 miles Elevation above sea level at Globe ...... 5000 feet Latitude ss degrees, 26 minutes, longitude IiO de gRees, i5 minutes.
 Highest maximum temperature, July Ilth, no deg Lowest minimum temperature, Jan 10th, Is deg Mean temperature, .03 deg Prevailing direction of wind, .......... Southwest
 An observation extending over several years dis soees the remarkable fact that there has not bset sdsy Ni'h ut more or less sunshine.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Governor Lee of Virginia insists that the South should have the secend place on the Democratic ticket next vaar
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

Locomotive manufacturers are try ing to increase the speed of their pas senger engines to eighty miles an hour.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
NO. 39.

The practice of dehorning cattle is becoming popular in all parts of Da- kota.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

4eEE1IOElAls GOvernor-C. Meyer Zulick, Prescott. secretary-Jarnes A. Bayard, Prescott. Treasurer-C. B. Foster Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. M; Strauss. J Auditor Andrews, Prescott. Supreme Court-Jas. H. Wright, Chief Justice, Prescott: Wm. W. Porter. Associate Justice, Phanix;W. H. Barnes, Associate J us- tee. Tucson. U. s. District Attorney-O. T. Rouse, Tucson.
 U. s. @arshal-w. K. Meade, Tucson . Surveyor General-John Hise. U. s. Internal Revenue Coprctor--J. J. Devine, Tucson. Delegate to Congress--Marcus Smith, Tombstone.
 Judge of First Judicial District-w. H. Barnes.
 Judge of Second Judicial District William ". Porter, Phoenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-Jas. H. Wright.
 GfIa County. Judge of District Court-WilIiam Porter. Clerk of District Court-B G. Fox. Judge of Probate w. V. Kingsbury. Sheriff George E. Shute Under Sheriff Frank NJ. Hammon. District Attorney-J. D. McCabe Recorder-Chas. T. Martin SuPervisors-J. Rsdman, Alfred Kinney, Louis Sultan.
 Gevk of Board of Supervisors Chas. T. Martin. County Treasurer -Thos. A. Lonergan.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31
Indian Expectations.

All persons who have claims against the Government for losses sustained through In dian depredations in Arizona and New Mexi- CO., will find it to their interest to commrn'- cate immediately with the undersigned in re- gard to the same, if they desireto take dVan tege of the laws recently passed by Congress to reimburse all parties who have suffered such losses. VIM. O. O'NEILL,
 Attorney at law,
 Prescott, Arizona.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-31

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